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Head of Bid Management

Lydiard Tregoze
2 weeks ago
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Are you looking to join a market leading construction company and help drive their bid activities across the UK construction market?

Do you have experience working in major civils projects and a thorough understanding of bids, tender and NEC contract forms?

Are you looking to join a well-founded company with a scope for growth and progression?

If so, this could be the opportunity for you!

The Opportunity Due to increased expansion, our client, a tier 1 construction company, are looking to add a Head of Bid Management to their head office in Swindon. The primary responsibility of this role is to support the development of new business and new opportunities in line with the company’s growth plans.

Renumeration and benefits  £110,000 per year + Car Allowance, Enhanced Pension, Generous Holiday Allowance.

Your duties and responsibilities will be
Lead all aspects of the day to day management of the bid process
Line management responsibility for Bid-Coordinator, Bid Writer and Bid Manager functions
Ensure that growth and renewal targets are met
Lead and write Quality submissions for high profile/challenging bids
Manage and assure all aspects of the bid, ensuring all outcomes are adequately described in each
Submission stage both in terms of content and presentation
Manage interaction with contracting body/stakeholders throughout the bid process
Support Business Development in identifying and working on business growth, take responsibility for the management of bids, including planning the bid, hosting kick off meetings,
planning and coordinating the written response documentation and sharing knowledge throughout the company
Maintain schedule of contracts
Consult with Business Development, and Client Services to interpret the client specific solution or
service offering and produce a persuasive sales document and/or presentation
To create, audit and dispatch quality tender bids to agreed deadlines
Ensure document content is compliant and validated to meet legislation, procedures, products, solutions and policies.
Ensure bids are completed with integrity and have internal authority approval
Attend pre and post submission presentations/meetings
Develop and maintain a good working relationship with the client
Develop and maintain a good working relationship with the business units
Generation of financial and risk profiles for each of the bids
Providing clients with high quality documents, attentive to their needs
Monthly analysis of bid volumes and success ratios
Develop executive summaries for relevant/appropriate tender submissions
Develop and implement a ‘winning work’ system that key target contract opportunities are won and
divisional growth targets are met
Develop Executive summaries for relevant/appropriate tender submissions
Site visits
Follow and support policies, procedures, initiatives and work instructions related to sustainability
improvement and environmental compliance
Obtaining feedback on tender submissions and ensuring this is incorporated to improve future
tenders and PQQs as appropriate
Analysis and tracking of competitors and our performance against them in tenders
You will have the following qualifications & experience
Bid writing and process management.
Experience in civil engineering and construction sectors.
Main contractor / Tier one contractor experience.
Experience working on bids & tenders of up to £500 million.It’s great if you also have the following
Outstanding bidding track record in civil engineering and/or construction sectors
Experience with NEC contract forms
People management
Working independently
Managing demanding deadline environments
Communicating and influencing at senior levels
Time management and prioritisation
Strong written English language skills
Advanced Microsoft Office. InDesign desirable
APMP accredited or similar certificate
Millbank Holdings Ltd is an equal opportunities employer committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workforce. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified individuals, regardless of background, and encourage candidates from underrepresented groups to apply.
 
We are proud to be a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, and we are committed to ensuring an accessible and supportive recruitment process for everyone. If you require any adjustments at any stage, please let us know and we’ll do our best to accommodate.
 
Millbank operates as both an Employment Agency and an Employment Business.

Millbank Holdings Ltd is an equal opportunities employer and respects diversity.
We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons who are eligible to live and work in the UK.
Millbank is proud to be a member of the ‘Disability Confident Scheme’.
Millbank operates as an Employment Agency and Business

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